Policy Officer Public Relations

The European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management e.V. (CoE) is looking for a Policy Officer Public Relations (f/m/div) in full-time. The position is initially limited to two years with the possibility of extension by mutual agreement. The place of work is Berlin. The position is foreseen to be filled as soon as possible. The Berlin-based CoE was opened in September 2020 during the German EU Council Presidency upon the initiative of the Federal Foreign Office. The CoE is a service provider for EU Member States and EU institutions, especially the European External Action Service (EEAS), supporting them in their efforts to strengthen civilian crisis management capabilities. It is a knowledge hub for the collection and exchange of national models and experiences ("good practices") and for the development of concrete ideas and practices on how European civilian crisis management can be further developed. The CoE currently has 23 members, all of them EU Member States. The team of the CoE consists of core staff as well as personnel seconded to the CoE from its members. Under the overall supervision of the Director, the Policy Officer Public Relationsis assigned to the Head of Director’s Office and has under their supervision the Junior Policy Officer Public Relations. It is a core staff position. The main tasks of the Policy Officer Public Relations are to support EU Member States in their efforts to set up and improve their national strategic communication in the field of civilian crisis management; and to produce high quality content for the CoE’s public relations. To this end, the Policy Officer will 1) Develop and implement the CoE’s communication strategy 2) Take charge of all public relations and communications activities of the CoE - Leading on content development and production for the CoE website and social media (LinkedIn, possibly also other platforms), and Wikipedia; regular updating of the website (Typo3 as CMS) - Working with CoE colleagues on communications related to their respective portfolios - Developing content for stakeholders, informing them about the CoE’s work on civilian crisis management, for instance fact sheets, infographics, and photos - Conceptualising and delivering audio-visual media such as podcasts and videos 3) Analysis of and advice on (the adaptation of) good practices in national strategic communication activities of EU Member States - Work together with and in support of EU Member States (ministries and other national stakeholders) in their efforts to improve national strategic communication in civilian CSDP, by providing them with individual operational guidance and expertise on strategic communication - Outreach to CoE members and their line ministries and agencies, civilian CSDP Missions, EU institutions, services and agencies, international organisations such as NATO, UN, OSCE and any other relevant external actors, for instance civil society and academia, on cross-sector conceptual issues related to communications 4) Supervision of the Junior Policy Officer Public Relations 5) Planning and budgeting of the Public Relations department’s annual work - and financial plan 6) Carry out other tasks as required **Required profile**: - University degree in Communications, Media, International Relations, Business Administration or similar fields of study, alternatively substantive professional experience in an area topical to PR - Minimum 5 years’ professional experience in the field of public relations/communications, of which preferably 2 years with leadership experience - Experience in drafting, implementing, adapting and evaluating a communication strategy and managing its respective tools for (or within) an organisation in a relevant field, ideally in an international political context - Substantive experience in the development of strategic communication campaigns and concepts and the delivery of audio-visual outputs - Substantive experience in producing and editing high quality texts, posts, photos, videos and podcasts - Well versed in using social media including its various features - Experience in using Adobe Creative Suite and/or similar software packages - Experience in editing and publishing website content through a Content Management System, preferably Typo3 - Experience in Canva and Hootsuite - Excellent organisational and team-working skills, diplomatic skills and a “can-do” attitude - Ability to engage with senior officials - Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines and to manage multiple tasks and unexpected demands - Excellent command of written and oral English - Ability and readiness to take into account aspects of gender equality and human rights in the execution of tasks - Eligibility to work in Germany (e.g., EU citizenship, a valid work-permit or job-seeker visa for Germany or the EU, etc.) - General knowledge of European issues, especially CSDP, is an advantage - Experience in working in or w